Mower County transcript., 1887-09-21

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in house near the State Fair grounds at
Hamlin, Mnn,, where he slept, the house
being otherwise unoccupied. A day or
two before the murder an unknown had
called upon Kuhn for assistance and was
known to have occupied the house with
him. He is supposed to have committed
the murder. Kuhn's watch and best suit
of clothes, and his money, not more than
IS or $40 were taken.
The sheriff of Page county, Iowa, has
arrested Mrs. Josephine Tavener, now re-
siding at Nebraska City, Neb., but whose
murder, on information furnished by the
woman's divorced husband, who says she
administered poison to their child last June,
and tried to kill him by the same means
The woman denies her guilt, but public
Iowa for trial.
The newly elected directors of the
Northern Pacific R. R., organized by elect
ing the following officers: President, Robert
Harris, of New York; vice president and
general manager, Thomas F. 1Oakes, of ST.
Paul; secretary, Samuel Wilkeson, New
York; treasurer, Robert L. Belknap, New
York general auditor, j. A. Barker, st.
Paul; land commissioner, Charles B. Lam
born; general counsel, George Gray, New
York.
Frank c. McGhee, special agent
United States bureau of labor, has visited
Brookings. Oak, in the interest of the gov
ernment, looking up the statistics as to di-
that Brookings county has furnished its
quosa, thirty cases appe airing on the records.
Many of them were cases where the
parties came there and lived the time re-
quired by law, and then returned to the
East.
At Monango, OAK, at 4 o'clock in
the afternoon Mrs. Frank Dean undertook
to fill her gasoline stove. She spilled the
fluid on her clothing and fire caught from
the burners. She was enveloped in flames,
her breast burned to a blister and her back
charred. The excit&lieuG caused her to be
delivered of q still -borucaild before morning.
A two-year old child was also badly burned.
The house and contents are complete loss.
The annual reunion of the. 21st
Iowa infantry was held at Manchester. A
big crowd was in attendance from all over
Iowa and neighboring states. Nearly three
hundred old members of the regiment an
swered roll caA. Capt. Morey was promi-
nent in conducting arrangements. The
exercises of the day were concluded by a
banquet prepared by the Women's Relief
Corps Of Manchester. -
The Montana legislature adjourned
after a session of fourteen days. Not
much work ofimportance was accomplished
aside from the passage OF bill creating
Cascade county. The repeal of the bounty
bi was lost by q close vote, but the law
was finally SO amended that each county
may pay, premiums on prairie dogs and
Srr.ai hiNpa hn $orrs {<N,,
at large Of considerable expense.
At Winona, Mimi, Ntz Kramer was
conhdenced out Of 800 BY Polish scon'
man, said to be trom st Paul. The Pole
prOfessed to have bought q grocery for
81, 200 and hired Kramer for his clerk, thus
inducing Kramer to loan him 1900, to COM
plete the cash payment for the place. The
Pole sent kramer to look up some freight
6. E. Meader, treasurer of Winnie
sheik Co. la, was found dead in q grove
near DEBORAH with bullet hole through his
right temple. Business trouble had
worried him lately, but it was not OF q
serious nature. Els deputy positively
asserts that his accounts are correct and
his domestic relations were most bar
monious 9sss
AZ Winona, Mimi, safe blowers got
II their work at the grocery store OF Arthur
lBeyerstedt securing about 500 in cash and
| numerous valueable papers. bevsnty-hve
i dollars in money Was overlooked by the
burglars. Atslegram from Supt. Bowen,
Iofthe Rochester insane asylum, identified
the men % two escaped inmates nom that
institution.
The Territorial W. G. 7. D. 81 Dakota.